Philosophy 101 Final Exam
Course Introduction
Philosophy 101 introduces students to the fundamental questions and methods of philosophical inquiry. The course explores major themes such as knowledge, reality, ethics, and the nature of human existence by engaging with classic and contemporary philosophical texts. Through critical reading, discussion, and writing, students will develop skills in logical reasoning, argument analysis, and open-minded examination of diverse perspectives, laying a foundation for further study in philosophy and related disciplines.
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THiNK 3rd Edition by Judith A. Boss
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Chapter 1: Critical Thinking: Why Its Important?
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Q1) In a poll of Princeton University freshmen in 1938,Adolf Hitler was named as the "greatest living person."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Thomas Jefferson wrote that the most important characteristic the citizens of our nation should have is the art of reasoning.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Critical thinkers do not reject,without sound reason,views that conflict with their own. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Reason and Emotion
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Q1) Which of the following is supposed to be demonstrated by the Taoist analogy between the relationship between ice and water and the relationship between reason and emotion?
A) Just as ice and water are distinct things, reason and emotion are completely distinct.
B) Just as ice and water are not quite identical and not quite distinct, reason and emotion are two aspects of the same thing and yet they differ in some ways.
C) Just as ice and water are really the same thing, reason and emotion are two aspects of one thing and so they do not differ at all from each other.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is a component of reason?
A) sets of premises that provide support for conclusions
B) appeals to self-interest
C) appeals to fear
D) None of these answers is correct.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Language and Communication
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Q1) Geoffrey Sampson offers what as evidence that,contrary to the views of Noam Chomsky,not all languages employ a universal grammar?
A) Chomsky is a leftist, and so he cannot be trusted.
B) Only the English language uses adjectives and adverbs.
C) Some less studied languages do not seem to use such a grammar.
D) Sixty percent of the world's languages have fewer than ten thousand speakers.
Answer: C
Q2) According to linguist Noam Chomsky,all languages differ in their basic syntax and grammatical structure.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) One function of expressive language is to bring about various emotional states in hearers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Knowledge, Evidence, and Errors in Thinking
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Q1) The belief that previous events affect the probability of current events is known as self-serving bias.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Our brains give us an accurate representation of the world.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Social pressures can sometimes lead to our making mistakes in reasoning.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Internet is never a reliable source of evidence.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following is one of the four strategies that researchers have determined most people use to increase their ability to remember visual experiences?
A) People hope they will remember.
B) People associate the image with a series of seven numbers.
C) People carefully note the details of the image.
D) People sing a song to themselves while inspecting the image.
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Chapter 5: Informal Fallacies
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Q1) A loaded question is a fallacy involving an unwarranted assumption.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is a fallacy of relevance?
A) modus ponens
B) the straw man fallacy
C) the fallacy of equivocation
D) affirming the consequent
Q3) If I conclude that all actors are wealthy on the grounds that Brad Pitt is an actor and wealthy,then I have committed the fallacy of amphiboly.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The following argument commits the ad hominem fallacy: "John believes the Earth is flat,but you should not believe him.He smells funny."
A)True
B)False
Q5) An appeal to ignorance is a fallacy of relevance.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Recognizing, Analyzing, and Constructing Arguments
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Q1) Some explanations are not as good as other explanations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is true?
A) What is explained is known to have occurred.
B) Explanations can be given in terms of the purposes of an item.
C) Explanations attempt to provide an account of why something happened.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) All issues can be reduced to two sides.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following could be a descriptive premise in an argument?
A) "It is wrong to torture puppies!"
B) "How are you?"
C) "The Earth is the twenty-second planet from the sun."
D) None of these answers is correct.
Q5) Definitional premises always contain analogies.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Inductive Arguments
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a type of inductive argument?
A)modus ponens
B)generalization
C)analogy
D)causal argument
Q2) It is always clear when someone is using a metaphor.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following may result in a biased poll?
A) a poll with a unrepresentative sample
B) a poll with a loaded question
C) a poll with a question specifically written to get a certain answer
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q4) "And it necessarily follows" typically indicates that an argument is inductive.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most causal relationships are simple.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Deductive Arguments
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Q1) Which of the following determines whether or not an argument is valid?
A) whether or not all of its premises are true
B) whether or not its conclusion is true
C) the form of the argument
D) All of these answers are things that determine whether an argument is valid.
Q2) Arguments by elimination are deductive.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which is true of the following argument: "All dogs are rabid.Some rabid things are mammals.Therefore,some dogs are mammals."
A) The argument is sound.
B) The argument is valid.
C) The argument is both unsound and invalid.
D) None of these answers is correct.
Q4) The following argument is valid: "If the moon is made of cheese,then we can eat the moon.We cannot eat the moon.Therefore,the moon is not made of cheese."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Ethics and Moral Decision Making
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Q1) Aristotle believed that morality is the most fundamental expression of human nature.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following best describes ethical subjectivism?
A) a moral theory that claims that moral truth is relative to a cultural background
B) a moral theory that claims that morality is universal
C) a moral theory that claims that pleasure and pain are the subject of all moral thought
D) a moral theory that claims that moral truth is relative to the individual
Q3) Moral reasoning is reasoning only about what others should do.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Lawrence Kohlberg,which of the following is a stage of moral development?
A) the preconventional stage
B) the conventional stage
C) the postconventional stage
D) All of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 10: Marketing and Advertising
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Q1) Which of the following is an opportunity for a company in the SWOT model?
A) expertise in marketing
B) emergence of a new and relevant technology
C) the existence of a powerful rival company
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q2) Which of the following is a fallacy often used to great effect in advertising?
A) affirming the consequent
B) the ad hominem fallacy
C) snob appeal
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a purpose of advertising?
A) to create produce awareness
B) to inform customers about a product or service
C) to create demand for the product
D) to inform customers of rival products
Q4) The ultimate purpose of advertising is to inform customers about products.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Mass Media
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Q1) Analysis of media is best done as a group.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not an instance of bias in the news?
A) a report featuring information on jobs provided by the U.S. Department of Labor
B) a news program on job happiness that relies on surveys carried out only on males
C) a news program that reports on worker happiness at Walmart, which is geared to make its sponsor, Walmart, look good
D) All of these answers are correct.
Q3) Which of the following is true of the Internet?
A) It is controlled completely by a small group of large corporations.
B) It is only accessible to people with phones.
C) It is often a source of biased information.
D) None of these answers is correct.
Q4) Studies confirm that the media today has a liberal bias.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Science
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Q1) The testing of hypotheses always occurs in tightly controlled conditions such as laboratories.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following best describes pseudoscience?
A) attempts at explanation based on observation and testing
B) a method of collecting data without using instruments such as telescopes and barometers
C) attempts at explanation based chiefly on unverifiable claims and emotional appeals
D) None of these answers is correct.
Q3) In science,the collection of data is always an ongoing process.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true of a good hypothesis?
A) It is simple.
B) It is testable.
C) It can be used to make predictions.
D) All of these answers are correct.
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Chapter 13: Law and Politics
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the state of nature?
A) a condition in which people live without government
B) a condition in which government can only enforce laws approved by the people
C) a condition in which government is a part of the natural order
D) a state with strict environmental laws to protect nature
Q2) Which of the following is a member of the executive branch?
A) Congress
B) the Supreme Court
C) the Department of Education
D) None of these answers is correct.
Q3) Draft dodgers that fled the country during the Vietnam War draft followed all of Thoreau's criteria for civil disobedience.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following best describes a liberal democracy?
A) a monarchy
B) a democracy in which only Democrats are elected to office
C) a democracy in which the Democratic party holds the majority in Congress
D) a democracy that protects the liberties of the individual
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